Las Vegas Mixtape v28: Anyma’s Sphere Takeover, $10 Rock & Roll Haircuts, and More

Track #1: Anyma @Sphere

Experiencing electronic music artist Anyma’s eight-show residency at the Sphere, now running through January 11, is like going to an aerobics class for your eyes. And your butt gets quite a workout as well, thanks to the venue’s vibrating seats.

Billed as Afterlife Presents Anyma “The End Of Genesys,” after the global star’s two albums “Genesys” and “Genesys II” (released in 2023 and 2024, respectively), the future-is-now extravaganza marries electronic music (melodic techno, with elements of trance) to non-stop, synchronized, and surreal visuals. The effect is both transcendent and exhausting.

For two hours (between 11:00pm-1:00am), Italian-American DJ Matteo Milleri—the first electronic music artist to perform at the venue—takes the audience inside the emotional heart of his albums. They are built around the “themes of technology, nature, humanity, and coexistence” (according to his press bio). It’s all visually depicted on the venue’s wraparound screen by haunting man-machine creatures that suggest post-modern Cirque du Soleil characters.

“Genesys” ultimately feels like the last word in EDM live experiences. The visual bar is raised so high at this show—the hyper-surrealism on display would seem to have Salvador Dali’s approval—that I can’t help but wonder: who could possibly top it?